Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British Vulgar Slang A person who masturbates.
- n. Chiefly British Vulgar Slang A detestable person.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who wanks.
- n. An idiot, a stupid, annoying or ineffectual person.
- n. Someone who shows off too much. Someone who is overly proud of himself.
WordNet 3.0
- n. terms of abuse for a masturbator
Examples
“British, and the term wanker is meaningless british slang.”
“This wanker is a former German cabinet minister and parliamentary secretary in Germany's defence ministry. 19% of Germans believe the Yanks were responsible for 9/11, which may explain the success of this ridiculous tome - and also the fact that conspirozoids from around the world have chosen Berlin as the site for their big conference on September 7.”
“I'd rather call him/her just plain "wanker," with "eejit" a close second.”
“Webb addresses two of these areas, namely the blue collar whites, the beer track in wanker, and foreign policy credentials.”
“Being a wanker, is not just about jerking off, it is about making love with oneself, and that is all the love you have.”
“Start of the second gig, during the first song's tender, tentative intro, the audience quiet and attentive, some walk-in wanker expresses his support by shouting "Fuck the Beatles!".”
“That walk-in wanker's sitting on the floor beside me rocking his head back and forth, deeper into the music than maybe anyone else in the gig.”
“There's a Janet-Jackson's-Boob type flap in England because the word wanker was used on the air by some official.”
“i love the word wanker .... i love saying it out loud even tho people look at me like im strange ... u wanker lol”
“The above lie has been throoughly debunked and it is proven to originate from a talking point memo released by some GOP/conservative wanker, which is why Beaker meeped it all over the Senate floor.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wanker’.
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"Queen's" English
Collection of words from Old Blighty
sorted, sketchy, mate, oi, innit, ol' chum, brilliant, wicked, arse, bloody, bollocks, wanker and 12 more...
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people (bad)
nouns for bad people / words that describe bad people.
goto the good people list
( people, character, descriptor, noun )culprit, perpetrator, tormentor, swindler, bamboozler, nincompoop, thief, liar, back stabber, vandal, burglar, cheater and 85 more...
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britishisms
A tip of my hat to the snarkiest of English dialects. Here here!
Ponce, snog, bloody, barmy, blasted, blooming, bleeding, knackered, poppycock, wanker, tosser, cracked and 52 more...
chained_bear Well... a bear can dream. :) Sep 27, 2009
pterodactyl Nope, no punchline. Just an honest question. Sep 27, 2009
sionnach pajero in Spanish. Sep 26, 2009
chained_bear It's only mild in the U.S. that I know of. I say it a lot and people giggle because it's a funny word. But if I (accidentally) say it in front of any British friends or when I'm overseas, people don't react well. Like Americans use "bloody" and think it's quaint, in the original culture it's still kind of curse-y.
What is the difference between a wanker and a tosser? Or was ptero setting up a punchline? ;) Sep 26, 2009
Prolagus Segaiolo in Italian. Sep 26, 2009
pterodactyl From my American point of view, "wanker" seems much more tame (and silly) than "jerk", and even a bit sillier than "tosser".
Hey, what is the difference between "wanker" and "tosser", anyway?
Sep 26, 2009
bilby Depends where you are, TSE. From an Australian point of view I'd have to agree with uselessness. Although he's from Albukerke. Sep 26, 2009
sionnach Agreed. A closer term to 'jerk' would be wanqueur. Sep 26, 2009
thesaraheffect I don't think this can really be compared with jerk. If it ever meant something to that effect, it has evolved to something much milder. Sep 26, 2009
uselessness Does the American word "jerk" really come from the same meaning? It's so... tame. Jan 21, 2008
arcadia Like the American version: jerk. Think about it. Jan 19, 2008